Question

Benito Mussolini started off as a socialist but became anti-socialist when he realised that he could get finance from industrialists.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Benito Mussolini graduated in 1902 and became a teacher. He gave up that post and came to Switzerland. He came in contact with Lenin and learned his ideology. He became an editor of Italian socialist paper in Austria. When he was expelled from Austria, he came back to Italy and then edited Socialist paper called Avanti.

During the first world war, he gave up this ideology and joined the military. Later after the world war, he felt industrialists were annoyed with the ideology of socialism.He was in need of money to implement his policies. During that time industrialist gave him financial support. Along with this revolutionary ideas of socialism spread unrest in Italy T,his made him against socialism